Matthew Stevens

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Click on the cover to download this book (1 MB download).

Subtleties of Scientific Style fills the gaps left by other
style guides and books on editing. This book distils over two decades of experience,
explaining subtle but significant errors that authors can make and
many subtle tricks that can make a work more readable. Topics
include:

Achieving an editorial Gestalt

Common errorsdanglers, fillers, misapplied modifiers,
shortcuts

Errors of reasoningbegging the question, teleology,
size comparisons

Expressionfirst-person science, order of events,
parallel narratives

Tricky termsapplied, based on, due to, respectively

And two handy character charts for Macintosh- and Windows-based
editors who are tired of hunting around for special characters.

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Publications

Qualifications

*ELS(D), or Diplomate Editor in the Life Sciences, is the highest accreditation available for scientific editing. Awarded
by the Board of Editors in the Life
Sciences, USA, it is an independent, objective guarantee that the
holder meets the highest standards of proficiency in editing. Fewer than 20 people worldwide have ever been awarded this accreditation.

Computer services

Any word processor format (files are returned in MS
Word with tracked changes); InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat.
All work is done electronically.